Includes projects, appendices and index

Front Cover; Solar Radiation and Daylight Models; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword: Professor Peter Tregenza, University of Sheffield; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; Electronic files available from this book's web site; List of files available from this book's web site; List of figures; List of tables; Introduction; 1. Fundamentals; Introduction; 1.1 Solar day; 1.2 Equation of time; 1.3 Apparent solar time; 1.4 Solar declination; 1.5 Solar geometry, SOLALT and SOLAZM; 1.6 Astronomical sunrise and sunset; 1.7 Actual sunrise and sunset. 1.8 Twilight1.9 Distance between two locations; 1.10 Solar radiation and daylight measurement; 1.11 Statistical evaluation of models; 1.12 Exercises; References; 2. Daily Irradiation; Introduction; 2.1 Monthly-averaged daily horizontal global irradiation; 2.2 Monthly-averaged daily horizontal diffuse irradiation; 2.3 Annual-averaged diffuse irradiation; 2.4 Daily horizontal global irradiation; 2.5 Daily horizontal diffuse irradiation; 2.6 The inequality of the dailyand monthly-averaged regressions; 2.7 Daily slope irradiation; 2.8 Exercises; References. 3. Hourly Horizontal Irradiation and IlluminanceIntroduction; 3.1 Monthly-averaged hourly horizontal global irradiation; 3.2 Monthly-averaged hourly horizontal diffuse irradiation; 3.3 Hourly horizontal global irradiation; 3.4 Hourly horizontal diffuse irradiation; 3.5 Hourly horizontal illuminance; 3.6 Daylight factor; 3.7 Solar climate characterisation; 3.8 Frequency distribution of illuminance; 3.9 Exercises; References; 4. Hourly Slope Irradiation and Illuminance; Introduction; 4.1 Slope beam irradiance and illuminance; 4.2 Sky clarity indices; 4.3 Sky-diffuse irradiance models. 4.4 Slope illuminance models4.5 Radiance and luminance distributions; 4.6 Luminance transmission through glazing; 4.7 Quality control of cloud cover, sunshine, solar radiation and daylight data; 4.8 Shadow band (shade ring) diffuse irradiance correction factor; 4.9 Exercises; References; 5. Solar Spectral Radiation: C. Gueymard and H. Kambezidis; 5.1 Instruments and measurements; 5.2 The earth's atmosphere; 5.3 Extraterrestrial spectrum; 5.4 Spectral modelling; 5.5 Validation; 5.6 Applications; References; 6. Ground Albedo; Introduction; 6.1 Estimation of ground-reflected radiation. 6.2 Models for ground-reflected radiation6.3 Albedo atlas for the UK; 6.4 Estimation of monthly-averaged albedo; References; 7. Psychrometrics; Introduction; 7.1 Psychrometric properties; 7.2 Hourly temperature model; References; 8. Solar Radiation and Daylight Data; 8.1 International daylight measurement programme; 8.2 IDMP recorded horizontal and slope data for solar radiation and daylight measurements; 8.3 Sky scan data; 8.4 Web-based sources for accessing solar radiation and weather data; 8.5 Satellite based and other sources for accessing solar radiation and weather data; References.